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#5EA5BE

#5ea5be ≈ Moonstone Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#5ea5be is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 36.86% red, 64.71% green and 74.51% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 50.53% cyan, 13.16% magenta, 0% yellow and 25.49% black. Its hue angle is 195.63°, with 42.48% saturation and 55.69% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.6:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Moonstone Blue (#73a9c2), ΔE 3.33.

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Relative luminance0.3301

Complementary

  1. #5ea5be
  2. #be775e

Split complementary

  1. #5ea5be
  2. #be5e75
  3. #bea75e

Analogous

  1. #5ebea7
  2. #5ea5be
  3. #5e75be

Triadic

  1. #5ea5be
  2. #be5ea5
  3. #a5be5e

Tetradic

  1. #5ea5be
  2. #775ebe
  3. #be775e
  4. #a5be5e

Square

  1. #5ea5be
  2. #a75ebe
  3. #be775e
  4. #75be5e

Monochromatic

  1. #264f5d
  2. #3c7d94
  3. #5ea5be
  4. #95c3d4
  5. #cbe2ea

Shades

#5ea5be mixed progressively with black.

  1. #5ea5be
  2. #5595ab
  3. #4b8498
  4. #427485
  5. #386372
  6. #2f535f
  7. #26424c
  8. #1c3239
  9. #132126
  10. #091113
  11. #000000

Tints

#5ea5be mixed progressively with white.

  1. #5ea5be
  2. #6eaec5
  3. #7eb7cb
  4. #8ec0d2
  5. #9ec9d8
  6. #afd2df
  7. #bfdbe5
  8. #cfe4ec
  9. #dfedf2
  10. #eff6f9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#5ea5be mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #5ea5be
  2. #61a1b8
  3. #659eb2
  4. #689aab
  5. #6c96a5
  6. #6f939f
  7. #728f99
  8. #768b93
  9. #79878c
  10. #7d8486
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.76:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.6:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #9b9b9b ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #879faa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #97a2bf ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #8897be ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #26adad ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #84a3bf ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7a9dbe ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #43aab4 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-5ea5be {
  color: #5ea5be;
}
Background
.bg-5ea5be {
  background-color: #5ea5be;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-5ea5be {
  border: 2px solid #5ea5be;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #5ea5be;
  --color-primary-rgb: 94 165 190;
  --color-primary-hsl: 196 42% 56%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-5ea5be {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #5ea5be, #5e75be);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-5ea5be {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(94 165 190 / 0.35);
}

#73a9c2 Moonstone Blue ΔE 3.33 #0095b6 Bondi Blue ΔE 7.39 #56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 7.93 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 8.22 #5f9ea0 Cadet Blue ΔE 9.25 #5d8aa8 Air Force Blue ΔE 9.84 #00bfff Deep Sky Blue ΔE 11.11 #a15a41 Inverted #9b9b9b Grayscale 

Moonstone Blue
#5ea5be  rgb(94, 165, 190)  hsl(196, 42%, 56%)  Moonstone Blue
#be775e  rgb(190, 119, 94)  hsl(16, 42%, 56%)  Terra Cotta
#be5ea5  rgb(190, 94, 165)  hsl(316, 42%, 56%)  Sky Magenta
#a5be5e  rgb(165, 190, 94)  hsl(76, 42%, 56%)  Olivine